STEREOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF (Z)-13-HEXADECEN-11-YN-1-YL ACETATE THE SEX PHEROMONE OF THE PROCESSIONARY MOTH, AND OF (5Z,7E)-5,7-DODECADIEN-1-OL, A SEX PHEROMONE COMPONENT OF THE FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)91820-4

(Z)-13-hexadecen-11-yn-1-yl acetate (2), the sex pheromone of Thaumetopoea pytyocampa, and (5Z,7E)-5,7-dodecadien-1-ol (3), sex pheromone component of Malacosoma disstria, have been prepared in high chemical and stereoisomeric purity by synthetic schemes involving the stereospecific coupling of ω-functionalized 1-alkynes with (Z)- or (E)-1-iodo-1-alkenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of (PPh3)4Pd and CuI, under phase transfer conditions.